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#25 2006-01-31 23:20:33
- NyteOwl
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Re: Protect Images from Download
<blockquote>If you want to protect the images stored on the server and in cache, consider using encrypted images that are displayed in a security applet. I’m surprised the option is not mentioned here because its been available since 1998.</blockquote>
Possibly not mentioned since so many people these days surf the net with Java disabled and often look with suspicion on sites that require its use. The same goes for ActiveX and custom plugins.
As for blocking a local screen capture or printscreen, personally I’d have to see it before I’d believe it.
Last edited by NyteOwl (2006-01-31 23:25:34)
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Re: Protect Images from Download
The comments on whether on or not images can be thoroughly protected are a bit lame, excuse me my french – but the best anyone can do is to be as safe as possible. Should I not lock frontdoor? Any thief would get in if he really wanted to. I can only make it more difficult for him. Just an analogy.
For the issue at hand, you can maybe watermark the images with an almost transparant logo across the image. Place it in the lower third part of the image, and let it be horizontal. That is the position that will disturb the viewer as little as possible. And it’s a perfectly legible thing to do if your client has the concerns he has!
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Re: Protect Images from Download
LeeStewart wrote:
I worked on a site where we chopped the image into pieces and served them as 4 separate files, tiled using CSS. Not many people willing to right click and download four sections and stitch them back together with PhotoShop. :)
That’s a good idea. You could also add a copyright notice on the top or bottom of the image and hide it from display by overlaying a div with a non transparent background image. Or alternatively, you could insert the photo as background and overlay a div hiding the notice.
This won’t stop people saving the images of course, but at least they are aware of the fact that the image is copyrighted…
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